Oculus Rift Will Cost $599, Shipping on March 28th

<p>Pre-orders have finally opened for Oculus Rift&comma; the highly anticipated virtual reality headset that is expected to push sales for virtual reality&period; Those who want to get in on the ground floor of the VR scene should prepare to shell out &dollar;599 USD for the headset and accompanying peripherals&period; The price tag includes the headset&comma; sensor&comma; Oculus remote&comma; cables&comma; Xbox One controller&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;luckys-tale-being-bundled-with-every-oculus-rift&sol;"><em>Lucky&&num;8217&semi;s Tale<&sol;em><&sol;a>&comma; and as a pre-order incentive&comma; <em>EVE&colon; Valkyrie<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This morning was the reveal of both the price and an expected ship date&comma; which was previously set at the ambiguous Q1 2016&period; According to the Oculus blog post this morning&comma; the first shipments of the headset will start shipping on March 28th&comma; 2016 to 20 countries&period; For the rest&comma; it seems like it may not be until May 2016 that the Oculus Rift will ship&comma; based on the store&&num;8217&semi;s expected ship date listing&period; In April&comma; a limited number of retailers will start selling the device outside of the Oculus store&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For those unsure if their PC will be able to run the Oculus Rift&comma; pre-orders will begin in February at &dollar;1499 USD for an Oculus-ready PC and Rift bundle&period; There is also a compatibility tool offered on their website that will allow users to check whether their PC meets the requirements&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;oculus&period;com&sol;en-us&sol;blog&sol;oculus-rift-pre-orders-now-open-first-shipments-march-28&sol;">Oculus<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;